Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Free Preparedness eBooks From Homesteading Expert Melissa K. Norris

Melissa's free gardening ebook Heirloom Gardening Guide-Plant to Save Money is a 40-page ebook "of everything you need to know to get gardening with heirloom seeds."

Once Upon a Snow Storm is a short historical romance and free to my author newsletter subscribers.
And a free bonus chapter to her popular book, Pioneering Today. It
features Melissa's blackberry and dumplings recipe that you won’t find anywhere
else.

Pioneering Today author Melissa K. Norris recently sat down for a chat about homesteading skills and faith with The Inquisitr.
Norris is not only a renowned pioneering traditions expert but is a
historical romance and Christian fiction novelist as well. She practices
her “olden days” habits in the Cascade Mountains, where she lives with
her husband and two children.

Melissa Norris’ writing career has enabled her to blend her desire to
provide a healthy lifestyle for her family with her immense faith in
God. All of her books and weekly newspaper column are inspired life on
her family’s small beef cattle farm, her love of old-fashioned
homesteading techniques, and her days spent as an amateur barrel racer.
The Pioneering Today author grew up devouring the pages of
Laura Ingalls Wilder books. “Half Pint” would likely be proud that
Norris is tending to her own little house in the big woods in such a
loving and proficient manner.

Melissa Norris Interview

Some of your books and multiple blog posts focus
on reviving our pioneer heritage. Why is preserving the traditions of
the past such a labor of love for you and why are such skills important
for the common American?
Melissa: If we don’t preserve the traditions of the
past, they’ll be lost. I don’t want my children to grow up ignorant of
how to take of themselves and the land. Our health, debt, and families
can be redeemed by many of the skills and traditions of the past. Food
grown at home has more nutritional value than fruit and vegetables from
the store and even local farmer markets, though farmer markets are an
excellent choice if you can’t grow anything at home.

For those living in
the city, container gardening can still be a way to grow some of your
own food. I noticed that when I was outside in the garden, I felt a
closeness to God. Watching a seed sprout to maturity, to harvest, and
then back to seed form is such an amazing example of the way God takes
care of us.

How many times have you heard someone say, “When the SHTF I am just going to bugout to the woods,” and think that such a “plan” is a simp...

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